Princess Yincheng beside the Queen Mother also smiled and said, "This gift is quite novel, Mother.
This is the most special gift you have ever received on your birthday, even my son's gift pales in comparison."
The Queen Mother laughed and said, "Extraordinary, extraordinarily! You, at such a grown-up, are still comparing yourself to your nephew. Aren't you ashamed?"
Ning Yuxi said with a little panic: "Princess, what are you talking about? These are just tricks. How can they compare with the princess's Hundred Longevity Picture? I heard that the princess created a hundred ways to write the word "longevity" in the Hundred Longevity Picture.
She has read many ancient books and practiced diligently for many days, using gold ink to write it down. This shows how filial the princess is to the empress dowager."
The only way to praise a woman is to praise her beauty or her children. As expected,
The Queen Mother smiled even more deeply after hearing Ning Yuxi's words. She looked at Cheng Zhao in Ning Yuxi's arms and said, "This is Cheng Zhao, right? Come and give me a hug."
Ning Yuxi hurriedly carried Cheng Zhao to the Queen Mother. The little guy was not afraid of people and did not feel uncomfortable being held in a different embrace. He laughed out loud.
The empress dowager was old, so naturally she liked children, especially this little girl who was as delicate as a porcelain doll. Looking at her innocent smile, the empress dowager's heart softened.
Princess Yin Cheng also took the opportunity to tease the little bun, and the little bun laughed even louder.
As she watched, Princess Yincheng suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Mother, look, doesn't little Chengzhao look a bit like my brother?"
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother carefully examined the face of little Cheng Zhao and said, "It really is a resemblance. If you look closely, he is exactly like your brother when he was little.
They say a son resembles his mother, but your brother looks just like the late emperor. I didn't expect that little Cheng Zhao also looks like his father."
Princess Yincheng suddenly asked, "Mother, was my brother as serious and stern as he is now when he was little?"
The Queen Mother smiled and glared at her: "The Queen's Chengxuan looks a lot like your brother when he was a child, steady and polite."
The queen beside her couldn't help feeling happy when she heard this. Chengxuan looked just like the emperor when he was a child. Doesn't that mean Chengxuan has the emperor's demeanor?
Princess Yin Cheng muttered softly upon hearing this: "That means being serious and stern."
The Queen Mother didn't take it to heart, but Ning Yuxi said with a slight smile: This is a complaint from my own sister!
Princess Yin Cheng caught the smile on Ning Yuxi's lips and blinked at her, as if to say, "Am I right?"
The Empress Dowager held Cheng Zhao in her arms for a while and told her to bring Cheng Zhao to the Cining Palace often in the future.
Ning Yuxi naturally agreed happily.
The birthday banquet ended at the end of the Shen period. The emperor was so happy that he drank a lot of wine.
He originally planned to go to Concubine Jing's Yunqing Palace, but suddenly met Zhou Changzai on the way and was pulled to her Yuxiu Palace by her.
Now, among the newcomers, excluding Concubine Qin who was banished to the cold palace, there are only five of them left.
Ning Yuxi delayed returning to work for a month, so it was not her turn to serve the emperor in the bed. Feng Changzai could serve the emperor in the bed, but she had never been favored by the emperor. She was lucky enough to give birth to the third princess in one go.
The only ones left are Concubine Xie and Zheng Da Ying. Zheng Da Ying was just found out to be pregnant last month, so the only one left is Concubine Xie.
But Concubine Xie seemed to have become a different person since the emperor restored her to the throne and lifted the ban. The emperor once went to her place and she came out angry for some reason, and he never went there again.
Now Zhou Changzai is the only one left among the newcomers. She finally has her chance to come to the fore, so naturally she tries her best.
She actually succeeded, and that was because the emperor drank a lot of wine.
Ning Yuxi didn't pay much attention to these things, and preferred to listen to the gossip that Ruyi told her.
As November approaches, the weather gradually starts to get cooler. It has been raining intermittently for the past month, and the weather is wet and cold.
Three northern states suffered from floods this year. It is said that it has been raining in the north since June and July without stopping. Only occasionally it was cloudy for a few days, but there was also drizzle.
The rest of the time it rained heavily, flooding the crops and the houses of the people in the worst-hit counties, even killing many people.
The emperor has been very busy with this matter recently and has specially sent two third-rank officials to deal with the disaster.
The emperor was in a bad mood, and the atmosphere in the harem was naturally gloomy. The palace servants were cautious every day, for fear of offending some noble and becoming their punching bag.
This situation lasted for more than half a month. In mid-November, officials sent to provide disaster relief reported that the disaster had been basically brought under control.
The emperor finally relaxed his frown. A few days later, news came from the Imperial Hospital that Concubine Zhou was one month pregnant.
It happened that the officials who went to deal with the disaster at that time also controlled the disaster and returned to Beijing to report on their work. The two officials sent by the emperor this time were the fathers of Xie Guiren and Zhou Changzai.
Among them, Zhou Changzai's father made greater contributions, and Xie Guiren's father assisted from the side.
In addition, Zhou Changzai was pregnant, so the emperor issued an edict to promote her to the rank of noble lady.
For a time, Concubine Zhou was very proud. Because of her father's contribution, the emperor had visited the Empress, Concubine Liu, and Concubine Jing recently, and the rest of the time he visited her.
Ruyi couldn't help but get anxious: "Master, your green card has been hung up long ago, and you can sleep with the emperor, but now the emperor goes to Noble Lady Zhou every day, you have to think of a way."
Ning Yuxi teased her chubby son and said with a smile, "What are you thinking? If the emperor comes, am I going to drag him here?"
"Oh, Master, if not for yourself, you have to think about the Third Prince."
Ning Yuxi smiled as she looked at the little fat boy who was trying hard to turn over on the bed. There is no better way to coax a man than to tease a child.
But what Ruyi said was right. If she wanted to live in peace and stability in the harem, she still had to rely on the dog emperor. But there was no rush, so she could take it slowly.
At the end of November, another major event occurred. Due to months of heavy rain, many cattle and sheep of the nomadic people in the north starved to death, and they have recently frequently invaded our border.
Many villages have been slaughtered and looted.
The emperor was furious and ordered Concubine Liu's father, General Liu Zhenting, to lead an army of 50,000 to quell the rebellion in the border areas.
Ning Yuxi's father is a lieutenant in the army, so naturally he has to go to the border to quell the rebellion this time.
Ning Yuxi couldn't help but feel worried when she received the letter from her mother, but her father was a soldier and it was his duty to defend the country.
Her father Ning Yi had nothing to be reluctant about. On the contrary, he felt a little bored because there had been no wars in recent years.
As a family member, her mother couldn't help but worry, so Ning Yuxi wrote a letter to comfort her.
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